The Police on February 10 conducted a surprise investigation on the jail premises and found Bano inside a room next to the jail superintendent’s office. She was there to meet Ansari without completing a visitor’s formalities. The Police then lodged an FIR against Abbas Ansari, Bano, and her driver Niyaz.
Anbu Jothi Ashram, a rehabilitation facility in Kundalapuliyur in Villupuram, had been operating for almost two decades without registration or license.